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ALBERT L. PAItCELLE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL COMPANY, OF N EW YORK, N. Y.

VIBRATING ELECTRIC MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,152, dated August 11, 1885.

Application tiled September 1, 1:84. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ALBERT L. PARCELLE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Vibrating Electric Motor, of which the following is a speciiication.

The primary object ot' my invention is to provide a motor adapted especially for use in connection with electrical synchronous movements, printing telegraphs, or other apparatus where uniform rates of speed are desirable; and my improved instrument may be used either directly as a motor to actuate such apparatus step by step, or as a circuitinterrupter to control other devices for driving t-he apparatus. With this object in view I preferably employ a resilient vibrator, and, preferably, one capable of a greater amplitude of motion, and having a normally lower rate of vibration than the ordinary electrically-actuated vibrators, either harmonic or non-harmonic, so well known in the art. This vibrator may consist of a spring-tongue, reed, or bar, or of a pivoted non-resilient bar, provided with supplementary opposing springs, and may bc of any suitable or desirable material. The armature upon which the motormagnets act is located upon the end of the vibrator, and lies in a plane transverse to its longitudinal axis. The motor or vibrator magnets are arranged opposite the armature with the faces of their poles in a plane parallel or substantially parallel therewith, so that the armature vibrates across the faces of the magnets. The local circuits through the motor-magnets are opened and closed by the vibrator in its movement, as is well understood. The power of the motor-magnets is therefore all applied to the vibrator at the same distance from the center of vibration-that is, always at the .eXtreme end of the vibrator-and the vibrations are regular, equal, and uniform.

I am aware that heretofore it has been proposed to actuate a harmonic vibrator by horseshoe-magnets, one magnet being arranged on each side of the vibrator with its faces in a plane parallel with the vibrator; and I do not therefore claim such an arrangement, broadly. S0 far, however, as the arrangement of the motor-magnets is concerned, the invention is 5o not limited in its broadest sense to a resilient vibrator; and so far as the switch devices and contacts for causing the actuation of the vibrator are concerned, the invention is not limited to any particular character ot' vibra- 55 tor, or to any particular arrangement ot' the motor-magnets.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 'l is a plan view of my improved instrument; Fig.

2, a side elevation, partly in section; Fig. 8, a transverse section; Fig. 4, a detail view showing one form ot' device by which the vibration of the armature is utilized to actuate devices. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the construction ofthe block in which the heel of the vibrator is mounted. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating the stops for limiting motion of the vibrator. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the relation of the armature on the end ot' the vibrator to the motor-magnets. Fig. 8 is 7o a detail view, partly in section, illustrating the switch devices by which the circuits of the motor magnets are made and broken by the vibrator inits movement. Figs. 9 and IO are detail views illustrating one application of the motor-viz., for the purpose otl driving a trailing-arm or circuit-completer over a table of contacts. Fig. 1l is a detail view showing a modiiied arrangement 'for stopping and starting the motor from a distant station.

A vibrator, A, of suitable length, width, and thickness-say about the proportions illustrated in the drawings-is mounted in a block or post, B, secured upon the bed-plate. This block is preferably metallic, and is preferably split and socketed for the reception of the vibrator, and is provided with a clampscrew, b, for securely holding the vibrator.

I prefer to employ a metallic block or one in which the clamping-jaws which hold the vi- 9o brator are faced with metal, so as to afford a firm support to the vibrator. The supporting-block is illustrated in detail in Fig. 5. In Fig. l the vibrator A is shown as clamped in the block B, and it will be seen that the bent end of the vibrator slides on abolt, B', secured in the block B, which bolt is provided with reverse adjusting-screws. By loosening the bolt Z), therefore, the vibrator may be adjusted endwise in the block, so as to vary its normal rate of vibration, as is well understood. Any other suitable manner of supporting the vibrator or adjusting it, where adjustment is desired, may of course be employed.

As before remarked, the vibrator Amay be of any suit-able resilient material, and the soft-iron armature a secured upon its end; or it may be formed of' one piece of' steel or suitable iron, such as cold-rolled iron. The armature a is preferably rectangular, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 7. Y

The motor-magnets C G and D D are arranged opposite the face of the armature in a plane substantially parallel therewith. The magnet D is placed on one side of the center ol' vibration and the magnet C on the other, with the two poles ol" each magnet in the same vertical line. I have shown horseshoemagnets D D arranged with both poles to act upon the armature of the vibrator, but obviously a single magnetic pole on each side ol' the center of Vibration may be employed.

Platinum contact-plates c d are placed on the opposite sides of the vibrator at some suitable point in its length to make contact with spring-lingers c and d for completing the local circuits of the motor-magnets C D, as is presently described.

A switch or circuit-changer, E, placed at any suitable point in the length of the vibrator is also elnployed to control the circuits of the motormagnets, and is preferably constructed in the following manner, though of course any other practical construction will answer the purpose.

Aslidingswitch-block, E', Fig. 8, is mounted upon a bracket or support, Ff', secured upon the bed-plate, the sliding-block being guided and limited in its movement by two screws, c, which pass through slots in the block, and are secured to the bracket E2. Two uprights or posts, E, on the sliding block are provided with adjusting-screws c', between which the vibrator A is loca-ted. As the vibrator moves, therefore, the sliding block E is shifted first to one side and then to the other, and the exact moment of its movement may be regulated by the adjusting-screws e.

The sliding block carries two contact-fin gers, f f/, which make and break contact with contact-posts 7L 'i as the Vibrator in moving back and forth shifts the switch-block E. One pole of' the motor-battery MB is connected with the heel of`the vibrator. From thence the circuit is continued either through the body ofthe vibrator,or through a suitable conducting-strip thereon when the vibrator is made of non-conducting material, to the platinum contacts c d, thence by either the spring c' or d through the coils of either magnets C or D, and thence to either of the contact-fngersfor g, and its contact-post h or t' to the opposite pole of the battery. The circuit-wires are indicated by dotted lines, and the connections are sufficiently clear without detailed description.

The contact-fingers c d are shown in this instance as mounted upon pivoted arms U V, carried on posts U V', for a purpose hereinafter described, and the circuits are completed through the contactvfinger c or d', pivoted arm U orV, to the coil of the magnet C or D. The parts are all shown at rest on the center of motion.

In starting the motor into operation au impulse of Vibration may be imparted to it by the hand ot' the operator. Assuming that the vibrator is moved to the right toward and across t-he poles of the magnet D, the contact d will make contact with the finger d before the contactnger g ofthe switch devices has left the conducting-face of the post t'. The circuit, therefore, will be briefly completed from the motor-battery MB through the vibrator-contact d, finger d, pivotcd arm V, coils of magnet D, thence by wire d to finger y, contact-post fi, and opposite pole of the battery, and the armature e will be attracted. The continued movement of the vibrator in that direction opens the circuit just described by the shifting of the block E', so as to move the nger g out of contact with the conducting face of the post i, and make contact between fand h. The vibrator being released from magnetic attraction on that side of its center of vibration will by its resilience spring back, and, passing the center' ol" vibration, will make contact between the contact-plate c and finger c', and fingerf and conducting-face of post la, thus completing the Inotor-circuit through the coils of the magnet C, and the armature will be attracted toward and across the face of' its poles. This circuit runs from the battery through the vibrator, contact c, finger c, pivoted arm U, coils of magnet C, line c'1 to fingerf, and contact-post L to the opposite pole of the battery, and the circuit remains unbroken until the fingerf has been moved out of contact with the post hV by the shifting of the sliding block lil. This operation con` tinues, the armature being attracted first to ward and across the poles of one magnet, and then toward those of the other.

Shunts and resistances may be employed, as usual, in this class of' apparatus to prevent sparking at the contacts, if' desired.

AThen the switch E is in the central posi` tion, as shown in Fig. l, then one finger, g, is just on the inner edge ot' the conductingllaee of its post i, and the linger f is just off the inner edge of the conducting-face of its post 71,. The movement of the vibrator downward or to the right, as viewed in the figure, will therefore for a time complete the circuit of magnet D, as described, until the switch E reaches the end ot' its movement and carries the finger g offl the conducting-face of post y1". The vibrator now moves in the opposite di* rection by its own resilience, the switch remaining stationary until the vibrator 'comes IOO ` magnet C will be completed.

lt will be perceived that the attract-ing power of the motor-magnets is always applied at the same point-viz., the extreme end of the vibrator-thus insuring a more even andregular vibration than where the two poles of the vibrator-magnets are placed, so as to act on the sides ot' `the vibrator, asin that case there are two points in the length of the vibrator at which the motive power is applied. Utr der my organization the whole force of the battery is made available, the attraction of the motor-magnets is applied at the most effective point of the vibration, and no current is used during the middle portion of the swing or vibration, the resilience ot' the vibrator serving to carry it past the deadpoint. An increased currentin the motorcircuit will give a greater amplitude o't' motion to the vibrator, because the more intense the magnetic attraction is, the more energy will be imparted to the vibrator, and it will move a greater distance across the poles ot' the motor-magnets from the center ot' vibration.

Vhere some means of adjusting the vibrator in its support to vary its normal rate is used, as described, the frame carrying the motormagnets may also be provided with some means of adjustment to compensate for the movement ot' the vibrator, and maintain the poles ot' the magnet and the armature in the same relation.

The pivoted arms Uvand V are connected by a cross arm, c, pivoted to the arms U and V on opposite sides of their pivots, and at equal distances therefrom. The result of this construction is that the movement ot' either of the arms so as to move its contact-linger toward or from the contact on the vilirator,pro duees a corresponding and equal motion of the other arm for thek same purpose.

The end of the arm V, which projects beyond its post V, carries a spring-tongue, T, which lies between two adjusting-screws, t t, carried in a suitable bracket secured to the bed-plate. By the adjustment of these screws, therefore, the spring T may be moved so as to adjust the contact-lingers c d' toward or from their contacts on the vibrator. The arrangement of pivoted arms U V, however, has

another purpose, which is described hereinafter.

The instrument which I have now described may be used as a circuit-interrupter for what is known as the phonic wheel of Poul la Cour, or for the purpose of interrupting any other circuit for driving telegraphic or other apparatus. Aside from this use, however, the motion of the vibrator itself may be directly utilized as a motive power. One form of an organization for thispnrposc is illustrated in t-he drawings. (See more especially Figs. 2, 3, and 4.) The vibrator A is here shown as rocking an anchor-lever, J, back and forth in its vibration. This lever is shown as pivoted in a horizontal arm, J, ofastandard, J2, mounted on the bedplate. The lower end of the anchor-lever on which the vibrator acts is notched and provided with elongated inclined lateral extensions j j, which serve as guides or guards to prevent the vibrator from swinging i'ree of the anchor-lever, and thus insure its actuation alternately in opposite direct-ions as the vibrator vibrates; but such extensions are not necessary.

Pitmen or push-and-pull arms K, pivoted on the auchor-lever, carry pawls or teeth, which work in the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, L, having its bearing in the standard J2. The rocking of the anchor-lever J by the vibrator therefore causes an intermittent or step by step rotation of the ratchet-wheel L. The pitmen K are connected by coil-spring lr, which tends normally to draw them together and hold their pawls in contact with the teeth of the ratchetwheel. The upper end,j, of the anchor-lever is wedge s. ape, and works against a yielding device, M, which is provided with two depressions or notches, m, which hold the wedgeshaped end ot' the anchor-lever at the limit of its movement on each side until positively actuated in the opposite direction by the swinging of the vibrator. I may also use, in connection with the anchor-lever,adjustable stops N, carried in a block, N, mounted on the bedplate, to limit the motion of thc vibrator, so as to always prevent its swinging beyond the lateral extensions jef the anchor-lever, and obviate the possible accident of the vibrator on its return motion, striking against the edge ofthe lateral extensionj instead of passing under it. [he adjustable stops, however, which are illustrated in Figs. l and 6, are only probably desirable or useful when the inclined eX- tensions j are not used on the anchor-lever, because the extensions can always be made of sufficient length to render it impossible for the vibrator to pass beyond them. They are not necessary, however, in either ease, and I may or may not employ them.

In practice I would prefer to place the stops, as well as the contacts c d, nearer the heel of the vibrator; and I here remark that the different parts maybe located at any point in the length of the vibrator found most suitable for the purpose.

As to the speed of vibration, I have found that an instrument constructed to vibrate at about thirty per second operates most satisfactorily. With iifteen teeth in the wheel L this would give a speed ot' rotation of about four times per second, because the pitmen both push and pull. A slower rate for the vibrator,

a larger wheel with more teeth, or an actuation of the wheel by one pitman only, may be adopted when a slower speed ot' rotation is desired. Of 'course any suitable rate of vi- IIS bration ol' the vibrator, and any suitable means i'or actuating the driven apparatus by it, may bc adopted.

I have shown in the drawings a circular table, O, on which a circular series of insulated contacts, o. arc placed. This table is supported on the standard .lL concentrically with the axis ot' the ratchet-wheel L, the axle of which passes through it, and carries on its outer end a radial arm, O', provided with a trailing brush or linger which sweeps over the contacts. Such an arrangement may be adopted in synchronous or printing telegraphs for the distribution or subdivision of an electric circuit according to any ot` the well-known systems. lt is shown and described here as one application ol my instrument as a motor power.

Under some circumstances it would be desirable to have the motor under control at a distant station. I have therefore provided an arrangement by which motors may be stopped and started from a distance. In Fig. l, for instance, the arms U V are magnetic and carry polarized armature-pieces P P on their outer sides, the armature ot' the arm U being placed on the opposite end from the contact-h' nger c', while the armature olthe arm V is placed on the same end with the contact-iingercl. Opposite these armatures,electro-magnetsQRare placed and connected with aline from a distant station, X. At this station a key and split battery are located. The magnets Q R are so wound that a current ol one polarity would cause the magnet Q to attract its armature, and the magnet It torepel its armature, so that both magnets would act conjointly and equally, because connected bythe link o, to move both contact-fingers c d against the contact-plates c d on the vibrator. Vhen the fingers c d are so put in contact with the plates on the vibrator, the motor-circuit through either the coils ot' the magnet C or of the magnet D will be completed. \Vl1ich of the two magnets Will be energized depends upon the contacts at the switch E. It" the iinger f is in contact with the post h, the magnet C will be energized, and it' the finger y is inv contact with the post t, the magnet D will be energized. There will always be a completion of the circuit through either the cont-actf or g, and as contact is completed at both c and cZ, the motor will always be started when an impulse of electricity ol" a polarity to produce the movements of the lingers c d is transmitted. When it is desired to stop the motor, a current of opposite polarity is transmitted from the distant station, and this current, acting in a re verse manneron the armatures P I) from that described, draws the contactlingers c d apart, so that the vibrator cannot make proper contactwith them, and the motor will, therefore, come to rest.

With the switch in the position shown, in starting thel motor as above described, the circuit ol" magnet D would he completed. lt'

' l'rom any cause, the switch were moved so that fand lt would be in contact, then the circuit of magnet C would be completed. Should. the construction be such that the lingersf `r/ are both in contact with their posts when the switch is in the central position, then the circuit ot both magnets would be completed. In that event the difference ol" current in the ordinarily exist between the two magnets G D, would cause a jerk of the armature sufficient to impart the necessaryinitial vibration.

In Fig. ll I have shown a somewhat modified construction for accomplishing the same purpose. There, instead of having an armature on each of the pivoted arms, both armatures are placed upon the arm U, and a horseshoe magnet, Q, R, placed so that a current of' one polarity will attract one armature and repel the ot-her, and a current of reverse polarity will reverse the conditions of retraction and repulsion. The operation is precisely the same in principle, and will be well understood.

Instead of employing polarized armatures in the manner just described, it is of course obvious that a polarized relay may be used at the motor to open and close the local circuit or circuits to give the required movement to the contact-fingers. It is also obvious that either ot' these arrangements could be employed to start and stop the motor locally.

I have shown and described my improved motor as organized in what I deem to bc an efncient, practical, and desirable manner, but of course there are many details that might be changed or modified without departing from the broader features of the invention.

I have said at the beginning of this specification that my motor was primarily intended for use in connection with electrical synchronous movements, printing-telegraphs, &c. It has, however, a much wider application, and may be used as an ordinary motor for driving machinery, for, obviously, by enlarging the parts and increasing the electromagnetic power of the motor-magnets, the motor may be driven with an energy sulticiently great to be measured by horse-power.

Vh-at I claim is 1. The combination of an electrically-actutheir poles arranged opposite the end ol'l said vibrator outside the curve ot vibration, and in a plane transverse to its longitudinal axis, a source of electric energy, and electric circuits and connections.

2. The combination of au electrically actuated vibrator, an armature on the end thereot' lying in a plane substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis ofthe vibrator, vibrator-magnets having their poles arranged opposite said armature outside the curve ot` vibration and in a plane substantially parallel therewith, a source ot' electric energy, and electric circuits and connect-ions.

two circuits, or the difference which would' ated vibrator, the vibrator-magnets having` ICO IIO

a. The combination of an electrically-actuated vibrator, vibrator-magnets, a source of electric energy and circuits, circuit-completing devices by which the circuits of the mo` tor-magnets are alternately completed as the vibrator vibrates, and additional circuit-coin` pleting or switch devices actuated by the vibrator to alternately close the circuit of one motor-magnet and open that of the other, as set forth.

4. The combination, substantially as set forth, of an electrically-actuated vibrator, its motor-magnets, source of electric energy and circuits, and the anchor-lever which is struck by the vibrator and moved in both directions.

5. The combination, substantially as set forth, of an electrically-actuated vibrator, its motor-magnets, source of electric energy and circuits, the anchor-lever rocked by the vibrator, and a yielding` device, M, for steadying the anchor-lever.

G. The combination oii an electricallyactuated vibrator, its motor-magnets having their poles arranged opposite-the end of the vibrator in a planctransvcrse to its longitudinal axis and outside of its curve of vibration, a source ot' electric energy, circuits and connections, and devices mechanically actuated by the vibrator.

7. The combination of an electric motor, a distant source of electric energy,and a key or manual current-transmitting device operated at will, electro-magnetic controlling` devices at the motor in the circuit ot' the distant source of energy for throwing thc local electro-motive power of said motor into and out of action at will, when an impulse from the distant source of energy is received at the motor, and independent local motor-driving devices for continuously actuating the motor when once started until a stopping impulse is received from the distant source ot' energy to throw the local electric motor-driving devices out of action.

8. The combination of an electrically-actuated vibrator, its motor-magnets, source of electric energy and circuits, contacts c d', the electro-magnets for moving said contacts to start and stop the motor, and suitable switch devices E.

9. rlhe combination of the vibrator, its motor-magnets, the contact-ngers c d, the p1voted arms on which they are mounted, the link c, and the spring which tends constantly to keep the contact-fingers in their proper normal. position.

10. The combination of a vibrator, its n iotor-magn'ets, the contact-fingers c d, the pivoted arms on which they are mounted, the pivoted link which connects said arms, the controlling-magnets which operate upon said arms to move the contact-fingers c' d' toward or from the vibrator, and the spring which tends to restore them to their proper and normal position.

11. The combination ot' an electrically-actu ated vibrator, its split or two-part support, a screw, B', lfor adjusting the vibrator endwise in its support to vary its normal rate of vibration, and a clamp-screw, b, for clamping the vibrator Iirmly in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ALBERT L. PARCELLE.

XVitnesses:

A. B. CorriN, COLEMAN MANNING.- 

